| Chapter
20 |
| 1 | Wine
is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise. |
| 2 | The fear of a
king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against
his own soul. |
| 3 | It is an
honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. |
| 4 | The sluggard will not plow
by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
| 5 | Counsel in the heart of man
is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. |
| 6 | Most men will proclaim every one his
own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? |
|
7 | The just man walketh in his integrity: his children
are blessed after him. |
| 8 |
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his
eyes. |
| 9 | Who can say, I
have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
|
10 | Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them
are alike abomination to the LORD. |
|
11 | Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right. |
| 12 |
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of
them. |
| 13 | Love not sleep,
lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with
bread. |
| 14 | It is naught,
it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he
boasteth. |
| 15 | There is
gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious
jewel. |
| 16 | Take his
garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange
woman. |
| 17 | Bread of
deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with
gravel. |
| 18 | Every purpose
is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. |
| 19 | He that goeth about as a talebearer
revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
lips. |
| 20 | Whoso curseth
his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. |
| 21 | An inheritance may be
gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
| 22 | Say not thou, I will
recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. |
| 23 | Divers weights are an abomination unto
the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
| 24 | Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then
understand his own way? |
| 25 |
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows
to make enquiry. |
| 26 | A
wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
| 27 | The spirit of man is the candle of
the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. |
| 28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king: and
his throne is upholden by mercy. |
|
29 | The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old
men is the grey head. |
| 30 |
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of
the belly. |
